Late-night shows, actors take pot shots at Colorado marijuana law

Colorado's legalization of marijuana was a one-liner gold mine for late-night talk show hosts and cable news satires Wednesday — almost every show had at least one weed joke its opening monologue.

And all of them had to wait to deliver punch-lines because the set-ups received such rowdy reactions. It took almost 20 seconds for applause and cheers to subside when "The Daily Show Host" Jon Stewart mentioned Colorado and Washington state voters had legalized pot. He called their reaction "bat (guano) crazy."

"Tonight Show" host Jay Leno's opening stand-up cut to an actor playing a very stoned local news reporter eating a cookie during his live shot.

Jimmy Fallon (Handout)

Jimmy Fallon's riff suggested there were early signs Colorado would be the first to legalize marijuana.

"You can tell Colorado is weed-friendly because they just renamed that one team the Denver McNuggets," said Fallon, the host of "Late Nigh with Jimmy Fallon."

Craig Ferguson referred to Gov. John Hickenlooper's own late-night Tuesday joke — that pot is still illegal under federal law "so don't break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly."

"Stoners were like, 'Dude, put them away, the governor can see us on TV'," said Ferguson, the host of "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson."

Before voters passed law making weed consumption legal for everyone — not just those with medical marijuana cards — people could only legally smoke if suffering from a fake medical condition, said Jimmy Kimmel.

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"I have a great idea for a business in Colorado," offered Kimmel, host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "anything that's open at 3 a.m. and has food."

While Washington state also legalized marijuana Tuesday, Colorado was the butt of all the jokes.

Actors and musicians got in on the fun too.

Comedic actor and writer Seth Rogen, who's referred to himself as Hollywood's biggest stoner, tweeted that he is "moving to Colorado."

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